HDD Benchmarks: Sandra 2012

Sandra is
designed to test the theoretical power of a complete system as well as the
individual components. The results are also purely theoretical and may not
represent real world performance.

SiSoft Sandra 2012 -
Hard Drive Read Tests

Read Drive Index:

Points

Ranking

Seagate Constellation
ES ST1000NM0011 HDD

117.2

Western Digital RE4 1TB WD1003FBYX HDD

109.14

Western Digital 1TB WD1001FALS HDD

80.13

Kingston SSDNow 300V 2406GB SSD

531.5

Crucial M4 256GB SSD

535.65

SanDisk Etreme 240GB SSD

538.33

OCZ Vertex 3 240GB SSD

534.34

OCZ Vertex 2 128GB SSD

253.65

Plextor PX-128M1S SSD

87.5

Seagate 3TB Barracuda XT HDD

127.86

Seagate 2TB Barracuda XT HDD

110.85

Seagate 750GB Momentus XT SSHD

91.39

Seagate 500GB Momentus XT SSHD

84.53

Read Random Access Time: (ms)

Points

Ranking

Seagate Constellation
ES ST1000NM0011 HDD

10

Western Digital RE4 1TB WD1003FBYX HDD

9.2

Western Digital 1TB WD1001FALS HDD

4

Kingston SSDNow 300V 2406GB SSD

0.37

Crucial M4 256GB SSD

0.19

SanDisk Etreme 240GB SSD

0.13

OCZ Vertex 3 240GB SSD

0.3

OCZ Vertex 2 128GB SSD

0.55

Plextor PX-128M1S SSD

0.55

Seagate 3TB Barracuda XT HDD

17.23

Seagate 2TB Barracuda XT HDD

17.8

Seagate 750GB Momentus XT SSHD

15

Seagate 500GB Momentus XT SSHD

17.78

When it comes to Read performance the 1.0TB Seagate
Constellation ES ST1000NM0011 hard drive does not disappoint with a (new best!)
result of 117.2MB/s. Random Access Time is 10ms, a little slower than the WD RE4
drive.

SiSoft Sandra 2012 -
Hard Drive Write Tests

Write Drive Index:

Points

Ranking

Seagate Constellation
ES ST1000NM0011 HDD

114.9

Western Digital RE4 1TB WD1003FBYX HDD

109.4

Western Digital 1TB WD1001FALS HDD

85.99

Kingston SSDNow 300V 2406GB SSD

281.19

Crucial M4 256GB SSD

284.91

SanDisk Etreme 240GB SSD

275.46

OCZ Vertex 3 240GB SSD

299.39

OCZ Vertex 2 128GB SSD

232.32

Plextor PX-128M1S SSD

151.78

Seagate 3TB Barracuda XT HDD

128.47

Seagate 2TB Barracuda XT HDD

111.44

Seagate 750GB Momentus XT SSHD

148.84

Seagate 500GB Momentus XT SSHD

102.52

Write Random Access Time: (ms)

Points

Ranking

Seagate Constellation
ES ST1000NM0011 HDD

5.3

Western Digital RE4 1TB WD1003FBYX HDD

3.6

Western Digital 1TB WD1001FALS HDD

12

Kingston SSDNow 300V 2406GB SSD

0.28

Crucial M4 256GB SSD

0.757

SanDisk Etreme 240GB SSD

0.15

OCZ Vertex 3 240GB SSD

0.53

OCZ Vertex 2 128GB SSD

0.15

Plextor PX-128M1S SSD

0.18

Seagate 3TB Barracuda XT HDD

3.65

Seagate 2TB Barracuda XT HDD

6.61

Seagate 750GB Momentus XT SSHD

9.65

Seagate 500GB Momentus XT SSHD

7

In the
write portion of Sandra, the Seagate Constellation ES ST1000NM0011 manages a
Write index of 114.0MB/s, compared to 109.4MB/s for the WD RE4 drive. So far
it's looking like the Constellation ES HDDs are a hair faster than the RE4
drives from Western Digital.